How do I download from a portable drive to my new computer?

My hard drive crashed. The geek squad was able to copy the info (including my photoshop elements 3.0 pictures) onto a new portable Hard Drive. I bought a new PC.I have hooked up the portable drive to my new pc, and installed Elements 3.0 on the new PC. How do I get my old photos off the portable Hard Drive and into Photoshop Elements organizer on my new computer? I seemed to find the catalogue, but it seemed to have problems finding links to the old  photos.
Thanks

That's great that Geek Squad found your catalog. I am surprised (in a good way).
Regarding the photos ... the catalog will recognize them if they are in the exact same folders and have the exact same file names as before. Hopefully, this is a simple move of whole folders from one location (the portable drive) to your new computer. If you don't remember exactly where they were before, go into the PSE Catalog, right-click on any photo, and select Show Properties to display the previous location.
As a last resort, you can try File->Reconnect but this may be very tedious.

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